SHAWNEE - The Shawnee Family YMCA is proud to announce the appointment of Bob McNeil as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective March 3, 2025. McNeil was selected following an extensive national search in partnership with YMCA of the USA and was unanimously chosen by the Shawnee Family YMCA Board of Directors for his outstanding leadership, community dedication, and depth of experience.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Some of Oklahoma CareerTech’s most valued industry partners were recognized at the annual Partners in Progress celebration on Monday. The Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education (OkACTE) and Oklahoma Association of Technology Centers (OATC) presented awards to thirty businesses that were recognized for making outstanding contributions to the improvement, promotion, development and progress of career and technology centers in Oklahoma.
Seminole State College welcomed civic leaders from Stroud, Holdenville, Seminole, Konawa, Prague, Okemah, McLoud, Maud, Meeker, Wewoka and Cromwell on April 9 for a breakfast. The event was sponsored by SSC’s Rural Business and Resources Center.
The Shawnee Board of Education has been interviewing candidates for the district's superintendent job, with several meetings already held with executive session interviews and another one scheduled for this Saturday.
Recently, Shawnee City Commissioners heard an administrative report regarding the adaptive kayak dock at Shawnee Twin Lakes. City Attorney Joe Vorndran offered the report, saying since the topic has repeatedly come up over the course of several commission meetings, he would present an overview.
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A Macomb man was killed in a fatality crash early Wednesday morning on eastbound Interstate 40 at Triple X Road in Oklahoma County.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Two students are being honored for each month from September to April of the 2024-25 school year, named as nominees for the Best of Tri-County Area Preps Student of the Year award, which will be announced at the News-Star's Preps gala on June 3.] Elle Barger and Jalee Meyers have been named The Shawnee News-Star and CPN Students of the Month for December and are now finalists for the Student of the Year award. Barger is a senior at North Rock Creek High School and Meyer is a senior at Tecumseh High School.
Relay for Life-Pottawatomie County is gearing up for its annual event.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division, Criminal Investigations Division, and Drone Division on Tuesday assisted the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office in executing a search warrant at an illegal marijuana grow operation located north of the intersection of Highway 99 and Hazel Dell Road. According to PCSO reports, Pottawatomie County Emergency Management supported the operation by flying drones to provide aerial coverage, and Pottawatomie County District 1 crews assisted by bringing out equipment to help collect and transport the seized marijuana plants.